Imitation Crab Meat by Meridian Products Inc. · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
Meridian Products Inc. MPMeridian Products Inc.
VerdictConsider avoidingImitation Crab Meat
Ingredients0Coverage0/0 resolvedDriversNo priority drivers flagged
Decision lens
Decision lens
Focused on pregnancy. Surface the pregnancy-specific cautions first.
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Food healthHigh⚠Contains additive of concern- Cochineal / carmineInsect-derived red colour; documented allergic and anaphylactic reactions.
Why this band?How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.
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Overall food-health bandFood healthHigh
Nutrition
Moderate
AdditivesModerate
1 flagged additive(s), worst MODERATE
- 1nutrition base band "moderate" from nutri-score
- 2ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 3final band "high" (health-blend-v1)
Flagged additives
- Cochineal / carmine — Insect-derived red colour; documented allergic and anaphylactic reactions.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (14)
- Threadfin bream53.57142857142857%—›
- Water23.214285714285715%—›
- Potato starch11.607142857142861%—›
- Tapioca starch5.803571428571431%—
- Corn starch2.9017857142857153%—›
- Salt0.7475%—›
- Sugar0.7475%—›
- Mirin0.7033928571428589%—›
- Rice wine0.7033928571428589%—
- Sorbitol0.35169642857142946%—
- Soybean oil0.17584821428571473%—›
- Soybean protein0.08792410714285381%—›
- Crab extract0.04396205357142691%—
- Artificial crab flavor0.0219810267857099%—
- Color added0.0219810267857099%—
- Carmine0.01099051339285495%⚠ moderate
- Paprika oleoresin0.01099051339285495%—
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Threadfin bream, water, potato starch, tapioca starch, corn starch, salt, sugar, mirin (rice wine), sorbitol, soybean oil, soybean protein, crab extract, artificial crab flavor, color added (carmine and paprika oleoresin).
Decision read
Probably skip for pregnancy
Probably skipThis read is based on the product's overall high safety band; no per-ingredient chemical concern data is published for it yet.
Driven by the product's overall food/cosmetic safety band, not per-ingredient chemical concern. Surface the pregnancy-specific cautions first.
No ingredient drivers are available for this product.